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Personal Info

Birth date

1953-12-01 (71 Years)

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Paris, France

Also known as

Paul Persavon

Antoine de Caunes

Biography

Antoine de Caunes (born 1 December 1953) is a French television presenter, actor, writer and film director. He is the son of two prominent French personalities, television journalist-reporter Georges de Caunes and television announcer Jacqueline Joubert. He is the father of the actress Emma de Caunes.

He began his career writing theme songs for cartoons for Antenne 2 under the pseudonym of Paul Persavon, including Cobra and Space Sheriff Gavan (known in France as X-Or).

His early TV appearances included Chorus (1975), the series Les Enfants du rock, again for A2, and then his breakthrough with Nulle part ailleurs for Canal+.

De Caunes came to fame in the English-speaking world on the BBC2 television series Rapido, notable for his catchphrase, in the thickest of French accents, "Rap, Rap, Rap, Rapiiiidoo". He then went on to create the long-running adult entertainment programme Eurotrash with Jean-Paul Gaultier for Channel 4. He also presented a short-lived chat show on Channel 4 called Le Show. In addition he appeared in an advertising campaign for Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles ice lollies.

From 2013 until 2015, he hosted the daily evening show Le Grand Journal on Canal+.

He provided voices in the Aardman Animation TV show Rex the Runt.

He is a long-time AIDS awareness campaigner, fronting the organisation Solidarité sida (AIDS Solidarity).

Source: Article "Antoine de Caunes" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

Acting

TBAUntitled de caunes Documentary as Self

2025Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I) as Unknown

2025Nombril as Unknown

2025L'affaire Swagg Man : Hip-hop, influence et bitcoin (3 Episodes) as Self

2025En route pour le SNL as Self - Guest

2025On the Road to SNL (1 Episode) as Self - Guest

202440 as Self

2024Bruuuuuce By Antoine as Self - Host

2024Décrypté (1 Episode) as Self - Guest

2024La Génération des Enfants du rock as Self (voice)

2023L'Olympia, du rêve à la scène as Self

2023Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma (31 Episodes) as Self - Host

2023Uderzo, sur le divan d'Astérix as Self - Host

2023Cannes (24 Episodes) as Self - Host

2022Mostra, Venise (15 Episodes) as Self - Host

2022Tell Me Iggy as Self

2022Hot Ones (1 Episode) as Self - Guest

2022Neuf mecs - Le film as Gustave

2022Neuf Mecs (9 Episodes) as Gustave

2022César Awards, de Caunes Era as Self - Archive

2021Kaamelott: The First Chapter as Dagonet

2021Canal+ Replay as Mr. Replay / Les Deschiens / La Minute Blond / Bref / Plateaux

2020True Story with (1 Episode) as Self

2018Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic as Self

2018Bonsoir ! (1 Episode) as Self - Guest

2018Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the English? (1 Episode) as Self

2018La télé des années 80 - Les 10 ans qui ont tout changé as Self

2018La Télé des années 80 : Les Dix Ans qui ont tout changé (2 Episodes) as Self

2017Crac Crac (2 Episodes) as Self

2017La Gaule d'Antoine (40 Episodes) as Self

2017Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run as Self

2016The Jews as Antoine de Caunes

2016L'émission d'Antoine (1 Episode) as Self - Host

2014CANAL+'s 30th anniversary as Self

2013Maboul de Séoul as Self - Host

2013Dangereuses retrouvailles as Paul Aubras

2013L'Homme à la tête de kraft as Antoine

2013Le Débarquement (1 Episode) as Unknown

2012En tatanes à Manhattan as Self - Host

2012Cinderella: Once Upon a Time in the West as Le Prince (voice)

2011Baba de Barcelone as Self

2011Bref (1 Episode) as Antoine de Caunes

2010Toqué de Tokyo as Self - Host

2010Chorus : La première émission Rock d'Antoine de Caunes as Self - Host

2010Mumu as Le Colonel

2009He's My Girl as Simon Eskenazy

2009En Berline à Berlin as Self - Host

2009C à vous (1 Episode) as Self - Guest

200848 Hours a Day as Bruno Tellier

2008Can You Keep a Secret? as Julien

2007Off Prime (1 Episode) as Unknown

2007Mr. Bean's Holiday as Anchorman

2006Salut les Terriens ! (1 Episode) as Self - Guest

2006On n'est pas couché (1 Episode) as Self - Guest

2006A Perfect Friend as julien rossi

2005De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de Nulle part ailleurs 2 ... suite et fin ! as Various characters

2005The Dark Side of Porn: Death of a Porn Star as Self

2005Kaamelott (458 Episodes) as Dagonet

2004De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs as Various (archive footage)

2004Les amants du bagne as Albert Londres

2003The Car Keys as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent

2002Blanche as Le capitaine KKK

2002A Day in the Life of French Cinema as Self

2001Eurotrash Unzipped as Self - Presenter

2001The New Adventures of Lucky Luke (52 Episodes) as Lucky Luke (voice)

2001Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle as Narrateur

2001As An Aside (1 Episode) as Self - Guest

2000Return to Algiers as Pierre Nivel

1999Chili con carne as Claude

1999The Color of Lies as Germain-Roland Desmot

1998Rex the Runt (2, 1 Episode) as Stinky Basil (voice), Euro MP (voice)

1998Vivement dimanche (4 Episodes) as Self

1998So Graham Norton (1 Episode) as Self

1998A Song for Eurotrash as Self - Presenter

1998Man Is a Woman as Simon Eskenazy

1998Bob le magnifique as François Morin / Bob St Clar

1997The Gods Must Be Daring as Alex

1997For a Good Cause as Daniel

1996Two Dads and One Mom as Jérôme

1995Never Twice as Unknown

1993Eurotrash (25 Episodes) as Self - Presenter

1992Lucky Luke as Unknown

1991Amnesty International's Big 30 as Self

1989Pentimento as Unknown

1987Téléthon (1 Episode) as Self

1987Sacrée soirée (2 Episodes) as Self

1987Nulle part ailleurs (215 Episodes) as Self - Co-Host

1982Champs-Elysées (5 Episodes) as Self

1982Les Enfants Du Rock (7 Episodes) as Unknown

1980The Ruts: Live from Le Théâtre de l'Empire, Paris as Self - Presenter

1976Cérémonie des César (4 Episodes) as Unknown

Writing

2023Cannes (24 Episodes) ... Writer

2022Mostra, Venise (1 Episode) ... Writer

2008Coluche ... Writer

2006Twice Upon a Time ... Screenplay

Crew

2022Tell Me Iggy ... Thanks

Directing

2012Yann Piat: A Chronicle of Murder ... Director

2008Coluche ... Director

2008Frank Zappa - Live in Paris 1980 ... Director

2006Twice Upon a Time ... Director

2003Monsieur N. ... Director

2001Love Bites ... Director

Production

2006Twice Upon a Time ... Producer

1992L'Émission Impossible (1 Episode) ... Producer